''Longest Year'' is the fourth EP by American
ambient band
Hammock
A hammock (from Spanish , borrowed from Taíno and Arawak ) is a sling made of fabric, rope, or netting, suspended between two or more points, used for swinging, sleeping, or resting. It normally consists of one or more cloth panels, or a wo ...
. It was released on December 14, 2010 by the band's own label,
Hammock Music
Hammock Music, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the label imprint owned and operated by the band Hammock. The label is distributed by Secretly Distribution. In 2015, Hammock Music signed Slow Meadow, an ambient music project by Matt Kidd, to ...
.
Reception
''Longest Year'' met with positive critical reception. Heather Phares of
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...
noted that "''Longest Year'' marks a distinct departure from ''
Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts'' more structured, percussive tracks; these reveries float and glide all the more majestically for their almost complete lack of beats... The Longest Year's beauty is undeniable."
Ryan Burleson, writing for ''Consequence of Sound'', noted that the album "transmits more hope and transcendence than any amount of darkness gleaned from the title."
Track listing
References
External links
''Longest Year''available for streaming at the official Hammock website
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Hammock (band) albums
Hammock Music albums
2010 albums